"the London School of Economics in favour of his promising musical career with the Rolling Stones. The group continued to play songs by American rhythm and blues artists such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, but with the strong encouragement of manager Andrew Loog Oldham, Jagger and Richards soon began to write their own songs. This core songwriting partnership took some time to develop; one of their early compositions, ""As Tears Go By"", was a song written for Marianne Faithfull, a young singer Loog Oldham was promoting at the time. For the Rolling Stones, the duo would write ""The Last"
"where she was, for a time, a weekly boarder. While at St Joseph's, she was a member of the Progress Theatre's student group. Faithfull began her singing career in 1964, landing her first gigs as a folk music performer in coffeehouses. She soon began taking part in London's exploding social scene. In early 1964 she attended a Rolling Stones launch party with artist John Dunbar and met Andrew Loog Oldham, who discovered her. Her first major release, ""As Tears Go By"", was written and composed by Jagger, Keith Richards, and Oldham, and became a chart success. (The Rolling Stones recorded"
"Belongs to Yesterday"" was their first top ten single in the UK. They scored another top ten hit in 1964 with the debut single written for Marianne Faithfull, ""As Tears Go By"". Richards recalls: ""We were writing these terrible pop songs that were becoming top ten hits ... They had nothing to do with us, except we wrote 'em."" The first top-ten hit for the Rolling Stones with a Jagger and Richards original was ""The Last Time"" in early 1965; ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" (also 1965) was their first international number one recording. Richards has stated that the ""Satisfaction"""
"to Andrew [Oldham], and he said 'It's a hit.' We actually sold this stuff, and it actually made money. Mick and I were thinking, this is money for old rope! According to Jagger biographer Philip Norman, the song was mainly created by Jagger, in co-operation with session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. It's unclear if the song was written especially for Faithfull or an out-take from the Stones' repertoire. Author Mark Hodkinson writes in his biography “As Tears Go By” that she contradicts herself. ""All that stuff about how Mick wrote it for me was awfully nice but untrue"" she told"
"Penthouse magazine in 1980, writes Hodkinson. ""Ten years later, on the sleeve notes for the Blazing away-album Marianne contradicted herself by referring to the record as ""the song that Mick Jagger and Keith Richard wrote for me"", concludes Hodkinson. However, in her own autobiography ""Faithfull"" (1994) written together with David Dalton, she says """"As Tears Go By was not, contrary to popular folklore, written for me, but it fitted me so perfectly it might as well had been"". Originally, the A-side of her first record should have been a song written by Lionel Bart, ""I Don'T Know (How To Tell"
"wants to be Muddy Waters—and there were a lot of us—in a way, very pathetic, but in another way, [it was] very ... heartwarming"". Despite the Rolling Stones' predilection for blues and R&B numbers on their early live set lists, the first original compositions by the band reflected a more wide-ranging interest. Critic Richie Unterberger described the first Jagger/Richards single, ""Tell Me (You're Coming Back)"", as a ""pop rock ballad ... When [Jagger and Richards] began to write songs, they were usually not derived from the blues, but were often surprisingly fey, slow, Mersey-type pop numbers"". ""As Tears Go By"","
"Swagger Jagger ""Swagger Jagger"" is the debut single by English singer Cher Lloyd, taken from her debut studio album ""Sticks and Stones"" (2011). It was released as the album's lead single on 31 July 2011. The song was written by the two production teams The Runners and The Monarch with Lloyd, Petr Brdičko, Autumn Rowe, Marcus Lomax and Clarence Coffee Jr. and is composed to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine. The music video was released on 26 June 2011. It was also used in the movie ""Identity Thief"" with Melissa McCarthy. Despite receiving negative reviews from music critics,"
"and guitarist Keith Richards, the band's primary songwriting team. Richards began working on the song's signature opening riff in London whilst Jagger was away filming ""Performance"". As released, the song begins with Richards performing a guitar intro, soon joined by Jagger's lead vocal. Of ""Let It Bleed""'s bleak world view, Jagger said in a 1995 interview with ""Rolling Stone"" magazine: Similarly, on NPR in 2012: However, the song's inspiration was not initially Vietnam or social unrest, but Keith Richards seeing people scurrying for shelter from a sudden rain storm. According to him: The recording features guest vocals by Merry Clayton,"
"Richards, but is largely the work of Jagger. According to Jagger: ""I used to say, 'Now we're writing songs. I'm gonna sit at my desk.' 'Out of Tears' was a little bit like that, where I'm sitting at the piano in Ronnie [Wood]'s studio going 'Da da ding, da da ding.' Then you go and listen to it, and it's got this really good mood because it's you on your own. No one else is there, and you're creating the mood. There's a very sad mood to that song. The Stones are mainly a guitar band, but I think with"
"Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single ""As Tears Go By"" and became one of the lead female artists during the British Invasion in the United States. Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a Rolling Stones party where she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham. After the release of her hit single ""As Tears Go By"", she became an international star. Her debut album ""Marianne Faithfull"" (1965) (released simultaneously with her"
"Jagger/Richards The songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as Jagger/Richards (also called The Glimmer Twins and occasionally Richards/Jagger), is a musical collaboration whose output has produced the majority of the catalog of the Rolling Stones. It is one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in history. In addition to Jagger and Richards's songwriting partnership, they have also produced or co-produced numerous Rolling Stones albums under the pseudonym The Glimmer Twins. Jagger and Richards have different recollections about their first songwriting endeavours but both credit manager Andrew Loog Oldham as the catalyst for their collaboration. Richards agrees that"
"Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor who gained fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over five decades, and he has been described as ""one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll"". His distinctive voice and performances, along with Keith Richards' guitar style have been the trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Jagger gained press notoriety for his admitted drug use and romantic involvements, and was"
"written by Melvin & Mervin Steals who later wrote ""Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"" for the Spinners. Achieving most of its airplay in the group's native western Pennsylvania, it was a moderate success. In 1970, the Jaggerz left Gamble and signed with Neil Bogart's Kama Sutra Records. There they recorded their second album, ""We Went to Different Schools Together"", which was released in 1970. One of the singles from ""We Went to Different Schools Together"" became the group's first chart-topping hit. ""The Rapper"", written by Donnie Iris, was released to the Pittsburgh market in December 1969. It quickly"
"After a performance during the finals of ""So You Think You Can Dance"", the song re-entered the chart at number sixty. Source: Swagger Jagger ""Swagger Jagger"" is the debut single by English singer Cher Lloyd, taken from her debut studio album ""Sticks and Stones"" (2011). It was released as the album's lead single on 31 July 2011. The song was written by the two production teams The Runners and The Monarch with Lloyd, Petr Brdičko, Autumn Rowe, Marcus Lomax and Clarence Coffee Jr. and is composed to the tune of Oh My Darling, Clementine. The music video was released on"
"in mid-1993 to start work on ""Voodoo Lounge"", Jagger complimented him on ""Main Offender"", and used the single ""Wicked as It Seems"" as inspiration for The Rolling Stones' next single, ""Love Is Strong"". ""Main Offender"" was released in October 1992 to generally positive reviews. However, it failed to match the commercial success of ""Talk Is Cheap"", reaching No. 45 in the UK, and No. 99 in the US. After the ""Main Offender"" tour, Richards returned to recording exclusively with the Rolling Stones and put his solo career on hold for the next 23 years, when he would record ""Crosseyed Heart""."
"Out of Tears ""Out of Tears"" is a song by The Rolling Stones featured on their 1994 album ""Voodoo Lounge"". It was as the album's third single. The song was recorded in 1993 and '94 at Ronnie Wood's Ireland home, Sandymount Studios, and A&M Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The song features Mick Jagger on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Wood and Keith Richards on electric guitars (Wood performs the guitar solo,) Charlie Watts on drums, Darryl Jones on bass, Chuck Leavell on piano, Benmont Tench on organ, and percussion by Lenny Castro. The song is credited to Jagger and"
"the mournful harmonies heard on the latter part of the verses added to the overall feeling of melancholy moodiness."" The song sees the singer discuss his life as a womanizer, and how one girl in particular won't break his heart; Recording began on 2 November 1964 at Los Angeles' RCA Studios with Jagger singing, Keith Richards and Brian Jones on guitars, Bill Wyman on bass, and Charlie Watts on drums. Jack Nitzsche performs tambourine and piano. ""Heart of Stone"" was initially released in December 1964 as a single in the US where it became their second Top 20 US hit,"
"a songwriting tool, Richards has played them on several Rolling Stones recordings. He also played them live during two Ronnie Wood concerts and the New Barbarians' 1979 tour. Richards also played percussion on select Rolling Stones tracks, such as the floor tom on ""Jumpin' Jack Flash"" (1968), tambourine on ""Infamy"" (2005), and bicycle spokes on ""Continental Drift"" (1989). Richards and Jagger began their songwriting partnership in 1963 at the insistence of manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who saw no long career in playing covers. The earliest Jagger/Richards collaborations were recorded by other artists, including Gene Pitney, whose rendition of ""That Girl"
"Richard's remaining live dates and also recorded with his backing band, the Upsetters. Over the next four years he landed several moderate hits, two of which (""Just Keep It Up"" and ""Hey Little Girl"") reached the top 20 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100). His records for Abner and Vee-Jay were orchestrated by Riley Hampton. His biggest single, ""Raindrops,"" a power ballad augmented by heavy rain and thunder sound effects and Clark's swooping falsetto, was released in the spring of 1961 and became his biggest hit, soaring to number two on the pop chart and number three on the R&B charts."
"open tunings for rhythm parts (often in conjunction with a capo), most prominently an open-E or open-D tuning in 1968. Beginning in 1969, he often used 5-string open-G tuning (with the lower 6th string removed), as heard on the 1969 single ""Honky Tonk Women"", ""Brown Sugar"" (""Sticky Fingers"", 1971), ""Tumbling Dice"" (capo IV), ""Happy"" (capo IV) (""Exile on Main St."", 1972), and ""Start Me Up"" (""Tattoo You"", 1981). The feuds between Jagger and Richards originated in the 1970s when Richards was a heroin addict, resulting in Jagger managing the band's affairs for many years. When Richards got himself off heroin"
"as the No. 5 song of 1964. The single also reached #1 on the United States ""Variety"" charts on July 1. Released in June 1964 in the United Kingdom the single peaked at #7 on the ""Record Retailer"" chart and thus becoming the band's first top ten hit in the United Kingdom. According to some sources, Mick Jagger, when appearing on the UK television show ""Ready Steady Go!"", stated that he thought the song was a great record. This most likely played a part in boosting the single's success, while also helping the band become more popular in the United"
"Spector at some of the Rolling Stones' early recording sessions in London, including ""Little by Little"" and other tracks for their debut album; he played piano, though the extent is uncertain. The Jagger/Richards song ""That Girl Belongs to Yesterday"" was a No. 7 UK hit for Pitney in 1964; it was the first tune composed by the duo to become a Top 10 hit in the UK. In the U.S. the single stalled at No. 49, ending a run of seven Top 40 singles for Pitney as a performer. After another low-charting single, 1964's ""Yesterday's Hero"", Pitney rebounded with another"
"single released from ""Steel Wheels"", charted as number 50 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (US), reaching the slightly higher position of 31 in the UK, and placed number 1 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week. Since its release, the song has been rarely performed live by the band. USA Today music critic Edna Gundersen praised the track, noting that the vocals of Jagger and Richards' guitar playing sounded the best on the slower tracks from the album, including ""Almost Hear You Sigh."" Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, the song was first written"
"by Jagger to fit with the smooth running guitars of Richards and Ronnie Wood. Characteristically, Richards and Wood trade off rolling, fluid licks. Neither is really playing lead or rhythm guitar; they both slip in and out, one playing high while the other is low. The song is another famed ""Some Girls"" song that features each band member playing his respective instrument without any outside performers; both Richards and Wood play acoustic and electric guitars, with Wood performing the solo. The song was released as the second single off the album. It charted at #8 in the US. A live"
"Wick. By chance, Richards was asked one night by Wood's wife at the time, Krissy, to join them at the guitarist's home. While there, Richards recorded some tracks with Wood and quickly developed a close friendship, with Richards going as far as moving into Wood's guest room. Jagger soon entered the mix and it was here that the album's lead single and title track, ""It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"", was first recorded. Wood worked closely on the track with Jagger, who subsequently took the song and title for their album. The released version of this song"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was a worldwide commercial success for the band. The US version of the LP ""Out of Our Heads"", released in July 1965, also went to No 1; it included seven original songs, three Jagger/Richards numbers and four credited to Nanker Phelge. Their second international No. 1 single ""Get Off of My Cloud"" was released in the autumn of 1965, followed by another US-only LP, ""December's Children"". The album ""Aftermath"", released in the late spring of 1966, was the first LP to be composed entirely of Jagger/Richards songs; it reached No. 1 in the UK and No."
"to the famous partnership have been solo songwriting from either Jagger, whose examples include ""Sympathy for the Devil"" and ""Brown Sugar"", or Richards, whose examples include ""Happy"", ""Ruby Tuesday"", and ""Little T&A"". This is comparable to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, who also adhered to a tradition of joint credits even on numbers that were written by just one of the pair. Mick Jagger stated in his comprehensive 1995 interview with Jann Wenner of ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ""I think in the end it all balances out."" On 26 June 2013, the duo's songwriting credits were handed over to BMG, marking the first"
"of the country music charts and they remained one of country music's most popular duos for the next two decades. Later chart records included ""I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"", ""Too Late To Try Again"", ""Loving Arms"" and ""I'm Hanging Up The Phone"". Carl Butler was also a songwriter, penning classics including ""If Teardrops Were Pennies"", a No. 8 hit for Carl Smith in 1951 and a top 10 single for Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton in 1973, and ""Crying My Heart Out Over You"" which became Ricky Skaggs' first number one hit in 1981. The Butlers were also"
"time they would be managed by an outside company in over 40 years. Jagger and Richards have shared credits with very few others. Among them are: Jagger/Richards compositions that have been released only by artists other than The Rolling Stones include: These are the Jagger/Richards songs that have been released as Rolling Stones singles (both A-side and B-sides), and promos, as credited to Jagger/Richards: Jagger and Richards adopted the nickname ""The Glimmer Twins"" after a vacation cruise they took to Brazil in December 1968/January 1969 with their then-girlfriends, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg. An older English couple on the ship"
"blues standards. A story surrounding the song's genesis has it that Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham locked Jagger and Richards in a kitchen in order to force them to write a song together, even suggesting what type of song he wanted: ""I want a song with brick walls all around it, high windows and no sex."" The result was initially named ""As Time Goes By"", the title of the song Dooley Wilson sings in the film ""Casablanca"". It was Oldham who replaced ""Time"" with ""Tears"". We thought, what a terrible piece of tripe. We came out and played it"
"2000s) and Britney Spears (1990s, 2000s, and 2010s), to top the Hot 100 in three decades, as well as the eighth artist overall. (If counting her records in the duo Sonny & Cher, Cher also scored number-one singles in three decades—the 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s.) During the week of October 1, 2011, the song advanced to number one on the Hot 100 Airplay. By March 2013, it had sold over 6 million digital copies in the United States. As of June 2015, its total stands at 6.7 million copies sold in the US. On August 1, 2011, ""Moves like Jagger"""
"the Stones, out of which Oldham and Eric Easton received a 25% management fee. Oldham produced all Rolling Stones recordings from 1963 until late 1967 despite having no previous experience as a producer. According to the Rolling Stones' website ""Accounts regarding the value of his musical input to the Stones recordings vary, from negligible to absolute zero"". Though lacking technical expertise in the studio, it is thought that Oldham was good at seeing the ""big picture"" of the Rolling Stones' image and sound. He discovered Marianne Faithfull at a party, giving her Jagger and Richards' ""As Tears Go By"" to"
"often portrayed as a countercultural figure. Jagger was born and grew up in Dartford, Kent. He studied at the London School of Economics before abandoning his academic career to join the Rolling Stones. Jagger has written most of the Rolling Stones' songs together with Richards, and they continue to collaborate musically. In the late 1960s, Jagger began acting in films (starting with ""Performance"" and ""Ned Kelly""), to a mixed reception. He began a solo career in 1985, releasing his first album, ""She's the Boss"", and joined the electric supergroup SuperHeavy in 2009. Relationships with the Stones' members, particularly Richards, deteriorated"